休假

Chinese

		to rest	vacation
simp. and trad. (休假)		休	假

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xiūjià

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): jau¹ gaa³
• Hakka (Sixian, PFS): hiû-ká
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hiu-kà / hiu-kèe / hiu-ká / hiu-kée

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xiūjià
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧㄡ ㄐㄧㄚˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sioujià
    • Wade–Giles: hsiu¹-chia⁴
    • Yale: syōu-jyà
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shioujiah
    • Palladius: сюцзя (sjuczja)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi̯oʊ̯⁵⁵ t͡ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: jau¹ gaa³
    • Yale: yāu ga
    • Cantonese Pinyin: jau¹ gaa³
    • Guangdong Romanization: yeo¹ ga³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jɐu̯⁵⁵ kaː³³/
• Hakka
  • (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Neipu)
    • Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: hiû-ká
    • Hakka Romanization System: hiu^ˊ ga^ˋ
    • Hagfa Pinyim: hiu¹ ga³
    • Sinological IPA: /hi̯u²⁴ ka³¹/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, General Taiwanese, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-kà
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-kà
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'kax
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ka²¹/
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² ka²¹/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ ka⁴¹/
    • IPA (Taipei): /hiu⁴⁴⁻³³ ka¹¹/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-kèe
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-kèe
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ²¹/
  • (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-ká
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-ká
    • Phofsit Daibuun: hiu'kar
    • IPA (Xiamen): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² ka⁵³/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /hiu³³ ka⁵⁵⁴/
  • (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hiu-kée
    • Tâi-lô: hiu-kée
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /hiu⁴⁴⁻²² kɛ⁵³/

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• Middle Chinese: xjuw kaeH

Rime
Character	休	假
Reading #	1/1	2/2
Initial (聲)	曉 (32)	見 (28)
Final (韻)	尤 (136)	麻 (98)
Tone (調)	Level (Ø)	Departing (H)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	III	II
Fanqie	許尤切	古訝切
Baxter	xjuw	kaeH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/hɨu/	/kˠaH/
Pan Wuyun	/hiu/	/kᵚaH/
Shao Rongfen	/xiəu/	/kaH/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/huw/	/kaɨH/
Li Rong	/xiu/	/kaH/
Wang Li	/xĭəu/	/kaH/
Bernard Karlgren	/xi̯ə̯u/	/kaH/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	xiū	jià
Expected Cantonese Reflex	jau1	gaa3

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*qʰ(r)u

  (Zhengzhang): /*qʰu  kraːs/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	休
Reading #	1/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	xiū
Middle Chinese	‹ xjuw ›
Old Chinese	/*qʰ(r)u/
English	rest (v.)
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	休	假
Reading #	1/1	2/2
No.	13919	5961
Phonetic component	休	叚
Rime group	幽	魚
Rime subdivision	1	0
Corresponding MC rime	休	駕
Old Chinese	/*qʰu/	/*kraːs/

Verb

休假

1. to take a vacation; to go on holiday; to be on leave

Related terms

• 放假 (fàngjià)
• 假期 (jiàqī)